Annual Conferences
American Political Science Association, Annual Conference: Paper Presenter
- 2024: Panel on “Society, Regimes, and the Military.”
- 2023: Panel on "Foreign Policy, Conflict, & Public Opinion." Los Angeles CA
- 2022: Panel on "Islam & Politics in MENA." Montreal, Canada
International Political Studies Association, Annual Conference: Paper Presenter
- 2023: Panel on "Public Opinion, Trust & Social Capital." Buenos Aires, Argentina
- 2023: Panel on "Political Regimes and Protest." Buenos Aires, Argentina
Middle East Studies Association, Annual Conference: Paper Presenter
- 2024: Panel on “The Military Past and Present.”
- 2023: Panel on "Public Opinion & Participation in MENA." Montreal, Canada
- 2018: Panel on "Challenging the myth of religious legitimacy." Washington DC
- 2017: Panel on "Outcomes-Based Studies of Contentious Politics." Boston MA
Stanford University – AALIMS, Annual Conference: Participant
- 2023: "Association for Analytic Learning about Islam & Muslim Societies." Stanford CA
Association for the Study of the Middle East & Africa, Annual Conference: Paper Presenter
- 2023: Panel on "Public Opinion and the Military" Washington DC
- 2018: Panel on "Investigating regime survival in monarchies." Washington DC
Doha Forum, Annual Conference: Participant
- 2023: "Building Shared Futures." Doha, Qatar
- 2019: "Reimagining Governance in a Multipolar World" Doha, Qatar
Project on Middle East Political Science, Annual Conference: Paper Presenter
- 2022: "COVID-19 in MENA: Two Years Later." Washington DC
- 2019: "Tenth Annual Conference: Panel on Local Politics." Washington DC
London School of Economics, Conference: Paper Presenter
- 2021: "International Dimension of Covid-19." London, UK
Casa Arabe & Fundacion Alternative, Conference: Paper Presenter
- 2021: "Gulf-Maghreb Relations: From the Arab Spring to Al-Ula" Barcelona, Spain
Tshinghua University Inst. for International & Area Studies, Conference: Paper Presenter
- 2019: "The Persistence of Monarchical Regimes." Tsinghua, China
Brookings Institution & Shanghai Institute for Social Sciences, Conference: Participant
- 2019: "Belt & Road Initiative." Doha, Qatar
Oxford Analytica, Annual Conference: Presenter
- 2017: "Global Horizons: The Politics & Economy of Libya." Oxford, UK
University of Oxford, Annual Conference: Participant
- 2017: New College, "New Politics of Authoritarianism." Oxford, UK
- 2016: Nuffield College, "Varieties & Dynamics of Authoritarianism." Oxford, UK
British Society for Middle Eastern Studies, Annual Conference: Paper Presenter
- 2016: Panel on "Beyond Ideology: The political & socio-economic effects." Swansea, Wales
- 2016: Panel on "Societal Factors Shaping Foreign Policies." Swansea, Wales
Yale University, Conference: Paper Presenter
- 2015: "Micro-Comparative Studies of 20th Century Conflicts." New Haven CT
University of Oxford, Conference: Organizer
- 2015: Pembroke College, "Contemporary Religiosity & Politics." Oxford, UK
Workshops
Princeton University
- 2024: Organizer, "Military Influence and Societal Transformations in the Middle East and North Africa." Princeton University Institute for the Transregional Study, Princeton NJ
- 2024: Paper Presenter, "Public Trust in the Military in the Middle East and North Africa." Bobst Center for Peace & Justice, Princeton NJ
- 2023: Paper Presenter, "Exploring Public Perception of the Military in Libya MENA." Bobst Center for Peace & Justice, Princeton NJ
- 2022: Paper Presenter, "New Methods of Contestation." Beirut, Lebanon
- 2018: Paper Presenter, "Winter Experimental Social Sciences Institute." Beirut, Lebanon
Harvard University,
- 2022: Paper Presenter, "Public Perception of Taxation Reform in Rentier States." Harvard Kennedy School of Government, Cambridge MA
- 2021: Presenter, "Public Opinion Returns on Religious Investments." Department of Government, Cambridge MA
Arab Political Science Network
- 2023: Presenter, "Book Workshop." Washington DC
- 2020: Discussant, "Research Development: Citizenship, Status, & State." Washington DC
Project Middle East Political Science
- 2022: Paper Presenter, "Covid-19: Two Years Later," Washington DC
- 2020: Paper Presenter, "Junior Scholar Research Workshop." Washington DC
- 2017: Paper Presenter, "Islamists & Local Politics." Gothenberg, Sweden
Carnegie Center
- 2021: Discussant, "Governance in North Africa." Washington DC
University of Oxford
- 2019, 2017, 2015: Paper Presenter, "Modern Maghreb Workshop." Oxford, UK
American Political Science Association
- 2016: Paper Presenter, "Civil Society Revisited." Amman, Jordan
- 2015: Paper Presenter, "Associational Life in Comparative Perspective." Beirut, Lebanon
University of Exeter
- 2015: Paper Presenter, "Early Career Research." Exeter, UK
Invited Talks
- 2024: Princeton University, Near Eastern Studies Department, Presentation, "Taxation Reform and State-Society Relations in Rentier States: Evidence from Saudi Arabia and Other Gulf Monarchies." Princeton NJ
- 2024: Middle East Council on Global Affairs, Presentation, "Exploring Public Trust in the Military in the Middle East and North Africa." Doha, Qatar
- 2023: Princeton University, Near Eastern Studies Department, Presentation, "The Causal Mechanisms of Arab Monarchical Survival." Princeton NJ
- 2023: Middle East Council on Global Affairs, Presentation, "Exploring Public Trust in the Military in Libya." Doha, Qatar
- 2022: Harvard University, Middle East Initiative 2022, Presentation, "Public Opinion of Tax Reform in Rentier States." Cambridge MA
- 2019-2022: University of Oxford, Talk, "North Africa Forum." Oxford, UK
- 2021: Harvard University, Middle East Initiative, Presentation, "Theories of Regime Survival in Arab Monarchies." Cambridge MA
- 2021: University of Oxford, Presentation, "Vaccine Diplomacy & the Geopolitics of Influence." Oxford, UK
- 2021: University of South Korea, Jeju Peace Institute, Presentation, "Arab monarchical survival, 10 years after the Arab Spring." Jeju, South Korea
- 2021: World Bank, Presentation, "Maghreb March Retreat: Algeria Country Session." Algiers, Algeria
Military Influence and Societal Transformations in the Middle East and North Africa
Taxation Reform in Saudi Arabia
Book Talk
